Scleractinia taxon details
Cassianastraeidae Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1979 †
1814665 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1814665)
accepted
Family
Cassianastraea Volz, 1896 † (type by original designation)
- Genus Cassianastraea Volz, 1896 †
- Genus Hydrosclera Gaetani & Fois, 1979 † accepted as Cassianastraea Volz, 1896 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Montanaro-Gallitelli, E. (1980). Lemniscaterina, a new order, related to Hydrozoa (Coelenterata). <em>Memorie della Accademia Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti Modena.</em> 6: 1-79. [details]
Scleractinia (2026). Cassianastraeidae Montanaro-Gallitelli, 1979 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1814665 on 2026-09-21
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original description
Montanaro-Gallitelli, E. (1980). Lemniscaterina, a new order, related to Hydrozoa (Coelenterata). <em>Memorie della Accademia Nazionale di Scienze Lettere e Arti Modena.</em> 6: 1-79. [details]
additional source Stanley, G. D.; Zonneveld, J.-P. (2011). The occurrence of the hydrozoan genus <i>Cassianastraea</i> from Upper Triassic (Carnian) rocks of Williston Lake, British Columbia, Canada. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 85(1): 29-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/10-044.1 [details] Available for editors
additional source Stanley, G. D.; Zonneveld, J.-P. (2011). The occurrence of the hydrozoan genus <i>Cassianastraea</i> from Upper Triassic (Carnian) rocks of Williston Lake, British Columbia, Canada. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 85(1): 29-31., available online at https://doi.org/10.1666/10-044.1 [details] Available for editors